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Brag zhun dgu pa  བྲག་ཞུན་དགུ་པ།
Shilajit 9

Tradition:
Tibetan

Source / Author:
Amdo Compendium, Men Tsee Kang

Herb Name
Brag zhun (Shilajit)
Gur gum (Safflower)
Sug smel (Cardamon)
Bong nga dkar po (White Aconite)
Pri yang ku gzhon nu **
A ru ra (Chebula)
Ga dur (Geranium)
Ka Ra (White Rock Sugar)
Dom mkhris (Bear Bile) ***
Gla rtsi (Musk)
***
Latin
Shilajit
Carthamus tinctorius
Elettaria cardamomum
Aconitum heterophyllum
Dracocephalum
tanguticum

Terminalia chebula
Geranium wallichianum
Saccharum puri
ficatum
Fel Ursi
Moschus

Amount *
315 grams
315 grams
315 grams
315 grams
315 grams
315 grams
315 grams
315 grams
1 gram
1⁄2 gram

100 grams
150 grams
45 grams
130 grams
150 grams
250 grams
150 grams
150 grams
2 grams
800mg


* Two different sources have given differeing amounts. The right column is from Men Tsee Kang.
** Some sources list Jib rtsi which is Dracocephalum heterophyllum
*** Cow Bile and Synthetic Musk (or substitutes) are used today.

Preparation:
Powder and form pills, each weighing 500mg.

Function:
Clears Heat, detoxifies Poison, cools the Blood

Use:
"especially this medicine cures diseases of the Stomach, Large and Small Intestines, and also stops hot Diarrhea"
Heat in the Stomach from Blood and Bile.

1. Heat and inflammation of the Stomach or Intestines
2. Acute Gastritis

3. Acute Gastroenteritis
4. Acute Diarrhea from Heat/Bile
5. Gastric Ulcers
6. Bleeding from the Stomach
7. Fever from Bile
8. Also delayed Menstruation


Dose:
4–6 pills (2–3 grams), 2–3 times daily

Cautions:
None noted

Modifications:
1. When mixed with an equal amount of Garuda 5, it form Brag-khyung. This is used for Diarrhea with severe pain, Stomach Heat amd infectious Diarrhea.

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